LONDON. Tottenham Hotspur had a surprising win over Everton with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by H. Kane (58′) and a goal from P. Hojbjerg (86′). Tottenham Hotspur was vastly better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium stadium in London. The referee was Paul Tierney with the support of Constantine Hatzidakis and Harry Lennard. The 4th official was Stuart Attwell. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.2 degrees Celsius or 55.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Tottenham Hotspur was in firm control of the ball 62% while Everton was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Tottenham Hotspur had a more offensive attitude with 63 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Tottenham Hotspur won the match​.

Tottenham Hotspur shot 21 times, 7 on target, 14 off target. On the other side, Everton shot 4 times, 0 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card (R. Bentancur). Talking about the opposition, Everton received 4 yellow cards (N. Maupay, D. McNeil, I. Gueye and V. Mykolenko).

Standings

After this match, Tottenham Hotspur will have 23 points like Manchester City to remain in the 3rd place. On the other side, Everton will stay with 10 points like Liverpool, Crystal Palace and West Ham United to sit in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur will play away against Leeds United on the 28th of May with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Tottenham Hotspur (1 draw).

Everton will host AFC Bournemouth on the 28th of May with a 5-4 head to head stats in favor of Everton (2 draws).

Tottenham Hotspur – Formation

Tottenham Hotspur started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Antonio Conte decided to play with the following team: Hugo Lloris (6.8), Cristian Romero (7.4), Eric Dier (7.2), Ben Davies (6.9), Matt Doherty (6.9), Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (7.3), Rodrigo Bentancur (6.7), Ivan Perišić (7.4), Richarlison (6.1), Heung-min Son (7.3) and Harry Kane (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Djed Spence, Davinson Sánchez (6.7), Oliver Skipp, Lucas Moura, Bryan Gil, Yves Bissouma (7.1), Ryan Sessegnon, Clément Lenglet and Fraser Forster.

Tottenham Hotspur could not rely on the presence of Y. Bissouma (injured).

Substitutions

Tottenham Hotspur made 5 changes: Richarlison for Y. Bissouma (52′), C. Romero for D. Sanchez (87′), M. Doherty for D. Spence (90′), H. Kane for Lucas Moura (90′) and R. Bentancur for O. Skipp (90′).

Best player: Harry Kane​

The player that probably impressed the most for Tottenham Hotspur was Harry Kane.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 17 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.

Everton – Formation

Everton started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Frank Lampard played with: Jordan Pickford (6.8), Séamus Coleman (6.2), James Tarkowski (7.6), Conor Coady (7.3), Vitaliy Mykolenko (6.4), Dwight McNeil (7.0), Alex Iwobi (6.1), Idrissa Gueye (6.2), Amadou Onana (6.6), Demarai Gray (7.0) and Neal Maupay (6.1).

These were the players on the bench: James Garner (6.6), Michael Keane, Dominic Calvert-Lewin (6.5), Tom Davies, Rúben Vinagre, Reece Welch, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Salomón Rondón (6.5) and Asmir Begović.

Substitutions

Everton made 3 changes: N. Maupay for D. Calvert-Lewin (67′), S. Coleman for J. Garner (67′) and I. Gueye for S. Rondon (81′).

Best player: James Tarkowski​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Everton was James Tarkowski.

His rating is (7.6) with 55 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Wolverhampton Wanderers – Nottingham Forest – 1-0
• Tottenham Hotspur – Everton – 2-0
• Leicester City – Crystal Palace – 0-0
• Fulham – AFC Bournemouth – 2-2